See tramline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Road transport"
],
"glosses": [
"Of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels."
],
"links": [
[
"vehicle",
"vehicle#Noun"
],
[
"tend",
"tend"
],
[
"follow",
"follow#Verb"
],
[
"contours",
"contour#Noun"
],
[
"ground",
"ground#Noun"
],
[
"wheels",
"wheel#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, road transport) Of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nibble"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"road",
"transport"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɹæmlaɪn/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tramline.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tramline.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tramline.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tramline.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tramline.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tram line"
}
],
"word": "tramline"
}
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